| ADH | Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped; adhesion; alcohol dehydrogenase; antidiuretic hormone; arg... |
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| ADI | Academy of Dentistry International; acceptable daily intake; AIDS-defining illness; allowable daily ... |
| AOD | Academy of Operative Dentistry; Academy of Oral Dynamics; adult onset diabetes; anesthesiologist-on-... |
| ASAAD | American Society for the Advancement of Anesthesia in Dentistry |
| ASDC | American Society of Dentistry for Children; Association of Sleep Disorders Centers |
| public health dentistry | A dental specialty concerned with the prevention of disease and the maintenance of oral health through promoting organised dental health programs at a community, state, or federal level. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| state dentistry | Control, direction and financing of the total dental care of the population by a national government. (12 Dec 1998) |
| dentistry | The art or profession of a dentist; dental surgery. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dentistry, operative | That phase of clinical dentistry concerned with the restoration of parts of existing teeth that are defective through disease, trauma, or abnormal development, to the state of normal function, health, and esthetics, including preventive, diagnostic, biological, mechanical, and therapeutic techniques, as well as material and instrument science and application. (12 Dec 1998) |
| in dentistry | The specialised bony structure which supports the teeth; it consists of the cortical bone that comprises the tooth socket into which the roots of the tooth fit, and is supported by the trabecular bone. Synonym: alveolar supporting bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| occupational dentistry | The branch of dentistry concerned with maintaining oral health of employees in occupational environments. (12 Dec 1998) |
| operative dentistry | Usually, the individual restoration of teeth by means of metallic or nonmetallic materials. Synonym: restorative dentistry. (05 Mar 2000) |
| esthetic dentistry | A field of dentistry concerned especially with the appearance of a dental restoration as achieved through its form and colour. (05 Mar 2000) |
| forensic dentistry | The application of dental knowledge to questions of law. (12 Dec 1998) |
| legal dentistry | The application of dental knowledge to questions of law. (12 Dec 1998) |
| accessory meningeal branch of middle meningeal artery | <anatomy, artery> A branch of either the middle meningeal or maxillary artery in the infratemporal fossa and passing superiorly through the foramen ovale to supply the trigeminal ganglion, dura mater and inner table of bone. Synonym: ramus meningeus accessorius arteriae meningeae mediae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anastomotic branch of middle meningeal artery to lacrimal artery | <anatomy, artery> A branch of the middle meningeal artery arising in the cranial cavity which runs anteriorly through the superior orbital fissure to anastomose with the lacrimal artery. See: orbital branch of middle meningeal artery. Synonym: ramus anastomoticus arteriae meningeae mediae cum lacrimali. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior wall of middle ear | It contains the carotid canal and the opening of the auditory tube. Synonym: paries caroticus cavi tympani, anterior wall of middle ear, carotid wall of middle ear. (05 Mar 2000) |
| carotid wall of middle ear | It contains the carotid canal and the opening of the auditory tube. Synonym: paries caroticus cavi tympani, anterior wall of middle ear, carotid wall of middle ear. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parietal branch of middle meningeal artery | <anatomy, artery> Smaller terminal branch (with frontal branch) of middle meningeal artery supplying posterior portion of lateral and superior dura and cranium. Synonym: ramus parietalis arteriae meningeae mediae. (05 Mar 2000) |